Beijing urged Iran to accept a ceasefire, but it hasn’t agreed to act as a guarantor of the deal in America’s messy war.
China will not tolerate independence for Taiwan, Xi tells island’s opposition leader
By Liz Lee BEIJING, April 10 (Reuters) – China will “absolutely not tolerate” independence for Taiwan, which is the chief culprit in undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait, President Xi Jinping told …
China’s Xi touts peace – and points to global conflicts – in rare meeting with Taiwan opposition leader
Chinese leader Xi Jinping invoked ongoing global conflicts and the need for peace during a landmark meeting with the leader of Taiwan’s opposition on Friday and reiterated Beijing’s opposition to the …
Mercedes-Benz sales down by 6% in Q1 on ailing China business
Sales for German carmaker Mercedes-Benz dropped by 6% in the first quarter on dwindling business in China, the company said on Thursday. Mercedes sold 499,700 passenger cars and vans between January …
Taiwan’s opposition leader meets China’s Xi Jinping as both sides call for peace
Taiwan’s opposition leader has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, marking the first such encounter in over a decade.
Beijing calculates its next steps in Iran ceasefire ahead of Trump’s trip to China
With a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran holding for now, China is considering its role in helping find a durable endgame to the war in the Middle East.
China gains favor with Trump by dipping into Iran diplomacy
Beijing hopes that nudging Tehran into a cease-fire buys goodwill for May summit between the president and Xi Jinping.
A hacker has allegedly breached one of China’s supercomputers and is attempting to sell a trove of stolen data
A hacker has allegedly stolen a massive trove of sensitive data – including highly classified defense documents and missile schematics – from a state-run Chinese supercomputer in what could …
China sidelined: EU shelves rare strategy debate as Middle East crisis takes priority
Delay risks entrenching a policy vacuum as member states diverge and Brussels struggles to evolve its approach.
China’s secret hand in the US-Iran ceasefire
China may have been the key powerbroker behind the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.